TORONTO — Leave it to grizzled Raptors veteran and ex-Knick warrior Charles Oakley to bring Vince Carter back to earth.

Oakley, while touching on a handful of Knick-related items, including their pitch to him over the summer, chimed in on the current buzz of basketball — his teammate, Carter.

Before the Raptors dismantled the Knicks 91-70 last night, the 37-year-old Oakley said of his teammate: “He’s got a lot to improve on. The hype says he should be in the Hall of Fame now, but his game is not in the Hall of Fame.”

Carter mastered Saturday’s slam-dunk competition at the NBA All-Star weekend. Oakley, a 10-year Knick who’s always been about picks, elbows and rebounds — not dunks — believes his teammate now wears a bull’s-eye.

“The All-Star Game, there’s a lot of guys smiling to your face but on the court now, they’ll stab you in the back,” said Oakley, whom the Knicks traded for Marcus Camby prior to the lockout season. “They’re probably jealous because he got so much attention around him. [Vince] should be proud of it but now it’s time to come back to Toronto and get the train back on the track and let the choo choo keep rolling.”

Carter certainly was chugging along last night as he scored 29 points on 11-for-18 shooting and grabbed five rebounds as the Raptors dominated the Knicks.

Oakley, who had a big game as well with 15 points, six rebounds and five steals, probably never will forgive the Knicks — departed GM Ernie Grunfeld, in particular — for dealing him. But he’s been coping nicely in Toronto, still eager to do the dirty work north of the border.

Even though the Knicks could offer him only a $2 million cap exception when he became a free agent last summer, Oakley listened to the Knicks’ pitch. Toronto was able to lavish him with $4 million more a year.